Dear Whitman students, families and community-

Greetings and I hope you all are going well!  As we start to negotiate online learning next Monday and log into devices, I wanted to make sure everyone knew how to log on.  Here is information about student logins. Many of your students are used to logging into Chromebooks in class so will know how to do this, but here is some information that may be helpful.  

Students usernames are first initial, last name, last four digits of their student ID.

IE: Stacey Willis with an ID of 123456 would be swillis3456@student.pps.net

K-5 student default password is four characters, two-digit month and two-digit day of their birthdate (MMDD). Most of our k-2 students have not changed their passwords.

If your student needs help with logins or their passwords, please contact our wonderful Teacher Librarian, Grace Butler, and she can assist.  Her email is gbutler@pps.net

I am sure as we get started, there will be some things that go exactly as planned and other things that are challenges.  Please know everybody is excited to see you all again virtually and will make adjustments as needed.

I also wanted to include a link to a page that has a variety of resources available for people who may need to access them. There are many tabs at the bottom for reference. Please access it here.

Thank you so very much for your support and be well!

Stephanie Murdock and Celina Garrido

Dear Whitman students, families and community-

I hope you are doing well.   Yesterday, Whitman staff came together for a virtual staff meeting.  This week teachers are engaging with online professional development that covers new learning platforms and virtual learning for students. 

Virtual Learning

Virtual learning for students will begin Monday, April 6.  Over the next few days, teachers will begin to reach out to families to share the plan for the coming weeks.  Next week the plan is that teachers provide instruction for math and English language arts in grades K-5. Things are constantly evolving. There are going to be ideas that work beautifully and others that do not go as planned. We will be working hard to determine our new normal for our community.  Thank you in advance for all of your support.

Devices and Internet

The district has sent a survey to families to see who might need to borrow a student Chromebook for their children to access online learning or who might need access to the internet.  At this time, the survey link is closed as they are scheduling the first wave of distribution to students in grades 4-12. The survey link will be sent out again soon for families who still need to request devices or help accessing the internet.  There will be distribution for students in grades K-3 soon. If you know of a family who does not have access to the internet to fill out this survey, please offer to help fill it out for them on your device.

We will continue to post links to learning and relevant information on our school website, Facebook page, and through emails.  Please continue to be safe and take care of yourselves and your families. We miss you all and hope to see you soon.

Best,

Stephanie Murdock and Celina Garrido

Dear PPS Families,

Hello everyone, I hope that you are all staying positive and in good health.

I wanted to send a quick message to our students, families, and to our entire dedicated PPS team, to give you an update on what we’ve been up to since Governor Kate Brown announced schools would be closed across the state of Oregon.

Dear PPS families,

Any PPS high school student that is in need of a device can now go to any of the nine distribution sites this Thursday or Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. to receive a chromebook. Even if you did not already fill out a device loan survey, you may still pick up a device at:

Dear PPS Families and Staff,

Monday night, the Oregon Department of Education released significant new guidance, expanding “supplemental learning” to encompass “distance learning for all.” 

Dear Families of PPS High School Seniors,

This is an unprecedented time in our community, with the COVID-19 public health situation causing us all to significantly alter our day-to-day lives. We know that these changes and the disruption to our school schedule has caused confusion, stress and anxiety for students and families across the school district. For high school seniors, who should be enjoying the final weeks of their PPS careers, this is a time of particular uncertainty.